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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Parameter Ram Backup Needed
Message-ID: <402@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 10:54:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 18 10:54:38 1987
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Summary: just re-run the setup program


Loosing your battery backed ram shouldn't be a terrible event.
Generally, all you should need to do is rerun the setup program
that is included on the diagnostic floppy that should have come
with your mahcine.  Even if you loose that parameters in the
battery RAM, your ROM BIOS ought to still be able to boot from a
360K floppy (even if you have a 1.2 meg drive as A).

One thing you should do is to jot down on the inside cover of your
manual is the "type number" for your fixed disk.  You can run the
setup program to find out what it is now, if your dealer set up the
machine before you got it; just be careful to exit setup without
changing anything.  For instance, a Seagate 4051 is type 11.

If you ever loose battery power, re-entering the fixed disk type
code should be enough.  If you have to, you can re-run setup every
time you cold-boot until your replacement battery pack arrives (if
you have a lithium battery).  Those replacement battery ads in
magazines are pretty annoying in that they make it sound like the
battery going dead will ruin your machine.

  --Bill

Bill Mayhew, Engineering Office
Division of Basic Medical Sciences
Northeastern Ohio Universities' College of Med.
PO Box 95
4209 State Rte. 44
Rootstown, OH  44272  USA    phone:  216-325-2511
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